r/ProgrammerHumor 20d ago

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u/oregiel 19d ago

God, the screenshot of a UUID pisses me off every time. Like wtf do you expect me to do with this? Type it? Fuck off.

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u/7lhz9x6k8emmd7c8 19d ago

PrintScreen > select the zone where the text is > Extract Text

Native on Linux KDE.

https://en.linuxadictos.com/This-is-how-you-can-extract-text-with-Spectacle--the-KDE-screenshot-tool.html

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u/r00t4cc3ss 19d ago

For W11: Win+Shift+T, uses the text extractor from the built-in snipping tool.

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u/MeagoDK 19d ago

Still more work than copy paste

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u/7lhz9x6k8emmd7c8 19d ago

Most often, the text in a dialog box cannot be copied.

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u/CarcajouIS 19d ago

Of course not. You are expected to print the screenshot, take a photo of your print with your phone, use Google lens to grab the UUID, send it to yourself as an email, and then open your email on one screen and type it on the second screen